Nightly Ramble: Sharks And Those Who Act Like Them, Fred, Instant Democrats, And More on Supply Side

• First things first: An Honorable Mention at the OTB Caption Contest.
• I’ve noticed that Memeorandum thinks we have a heartbeat again. I’m not at all sure what caused them to hang up on us, but I’m glad we’re back on

USATODAY.com  SURFSIDE BEACH, S.C. — White House hopeful Fred Thompson continued his debate-night criticism of rival Mike Huckabee on Friday, calling the primary contest a fight between the ideals of Ronald Reagan and populist appeals that blame others for

How stupid does this sound?

“Allowing retailers to make money off of hungry people is wrong.”

So where did you eat breakfast this morning?  All I did was change one word, sick to hungry.  Da Mayor of Boston:

The decision

Here’s one guy who will decidedly not be missed….

HAVANA —AP– Philip Agee, a former CIA agent who caused outrage by naming former colleagues, has died following ulcer surgeries, Cuban state media reported Wednesday. He was 72.

Agee quit the

Mrs. Clinton, as quoted by Ben Smith, Politico:

“It’s not easy.”

Did B.J. ever promise you it would be easy?

Funny Mrs. Clinton, just a mere week ago, you tried to sell Iowa a bill of goods promising all

James Joyner, earlier today:

George Will closes a subpar (by his standards, at least) column on the silly populism of Mike Huckabee and John Edwards with this praise for Barack Obama:

Barack Obama, who might be mercifully closing the

Lord knows we love her.   Michelle Malkin live-blogs the debates.

Round One:  Republican.

Round Two:  Democrat

Memo to Ron Paul:  Get off the stage.

Memo to Ronbots:  Shove it

Good night for Red Bull.

Addendum:

‘Rat food fight, Breck

Was installing a new screen in my Palm Pilot, tonight. While working, I had a chance to mentally break down each candidate with respect to Iowa.

Some notes in no particular Order:

Mike Huckabee;

Huckabee did about as well as

Interesting story in the American Thinker by buddy Rick Moran, this morning. It seems that the number of people idetifying themselves as Republican has hit a two year high.

According to pollster Rasmussen, the number of Americans

Well, let’s see.

Mike Huckabee spent his day fighting back against Rush Limbaugh, who says Huck isn’t a conservative. He then went on to detail several new government welfare programs.

John McCain battled the age issue, saying at Age

OK, with the holidays, I freely admit being horribly behind in my reading..

Sister Toldjah, just before Christmas:

I read this blogpost by Michelle Malkin this morning about a fanatical black woman shouting down white people during an angry

A crazy day, yesterday. For yours truly, lots of irons in the fire, some web development, my day gig some home duities, but of course, as with all of us, yesterday, before I even started the day came the news

Keith B. Richburg, Washington Post, fights to keep his Rolodex relevant, and explores the issue of the Reverend Al Sharpton’s relevance:

Sharpton has “been eclipsed, because Obama puts guys like Sharpton in the shadow,” said Fred Siegel, a historian

Ron Paul, as you may know…particularly if you’ve been reading here, was on Meet the Press yesterday. Now I doubtless will be getting reaction from the Paulettes, as I do every freakin’ time I bring the subject up…. reaction not

[sticky till 12/26]

Editor’s Note: This is a time of year when I don’t envy the position of members of the cloth.

Such men and women find themselves in the position of having to write a sermon on essentially the